at hand, witchcraft. It appeared that he had all of the answers and would be able to cure the girls that had been infected by the demons. He had just come from a town with a similar problem and had many books on the subject. At this point it looked as though he was going to be the savior of this little town, but that all changed soon.When the Judge came to town and started arresting people for suspected witchcraft the Reverend Hale was supporting him. Hale believed what the girls said about all of the other women in town and helped arrest them. Meyer did an excellent job of portraying Hale and made the audience believe that he was trying to do the right thing. At this point the attitude towards Hale was beginning to turn towards the negative side, but that all soon changed.Once Elizabeth Proctor was arrested Hale made a change. Meyer played the role well by convincing the audience that he had a sort of revelation. He knew that Elizabeth was not a witch and tried to get her to do whatever it took to get her released. He attempted to get her to confess, but when he realized that that would be wrong he consoled her. It was only after his long time away that he came back to comfort John and Elizabeth. Meyer went from good guy to bad guy back to good guy through the play and it was his portrayal of Hale that kept the audience with him the whole way.I have a friend that would have gone to this production and possibly walked out. She is a theatre going person and has seen most of the shows that have gone through Phoenix. She has also acted in a couple of productions as well. The reason I say she might have walked out is because of the acting. Other than Hale, the other roles seemed to be played in an over dramatic manner. The actors and actresses on stage looked like actors and actresses trying to play their roles as opposed to the actual characters. I know that I saw one of the first performances, but lines were stumbled on a...
